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[单项选择]Questions 16 to 18 are based on the following passage．The advantage of“Full Board”over“Room Only”or“Group House”is that______are included．
A．electricity and phone bills B．food and electricity C．gas and phone bills D．water and interact
[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage.
One principle of taxation, called the benefit principle, states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services. This principle tries to make public goods similar to __36__ goods. It seems reasonable that a person who often goes to the movies pays more in __37__ for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes. And __38__ a person who gets great benefit from a public good should pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit.
The gasoline tax, for instance, is sometimes __39__ using the benefits principle. In some states, __40__ from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads. Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be viewed as a __41__ way to pay this government service.
The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones, __42__ because the wealthy benefi
[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Some families in America and elsewhere have started buying child friendly mobile phones outfitted with GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.
These phones and their related tracking services allow parents to pinpoint the location of their children with ease. Parents agree to pick up the phone bill in return for the reassurance of knowing where their children are; children are prepared to put up with the watching if they are allowed to have a phone.
Mobile operators in America are now launching tracking services. Under a federal decree known as E911, they had to upgrade their networks to ensure that anyone dialing the 911 emergency number could be located to within 100 metres. Some operators opted for triangulation technology, which determines the location of the handset by comparing the signals received by different base stations. But Verizon and Sprint chose to adopt the more expensive but more
A. It is popular with children who have a mobile phone.
B. It provides both parents and children with much fun.
C. It sends alerts to parents without the child’s awareness.
D. It alerts the child if he strays outside a specified zone.
[单项选择] Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
BRITAIN’S universities are in an awful spin. Top universities were overwhelmed by the 24% of A-level applicants with indistinguishable straight As newer ones are beating the byways for bodies.
Curiously, both images of education—the weeping willows of Cambridge and the futuristic architecture of UEL—are cherished by the government. Ministers want to see half of all young people in universities by 2010 (numbers have stalled at 42%), without letting go of the world-class quality of its top institutions.
Many argue that the two goals are incompatible without spending a lot more money. Re searchers scrabble for funds, and students complain of large classes and reduced teaching time. To help solve the problem, the government agreed in 2004 to let universities increase tuition fees.
Though low, the fees have introduced a market into higher education. Universities can offer cut-price tuition, althoug
A. Many top universities struggled to enroll straight-A students.
B. Britain’s universities are required to become the world-class universities.
C. Britain’s universities are facing an unbalanced enrollment.
D. Most Britain’s universities are found by the government.
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.What does the speaker say about Yellow Stone National Park
A. It was the first national park.
B. It was the first region explored by pioneers.
C. It is not accessible to everyone.
D. It is not managed by the National Park Servic
[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.
At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now listen to the passage.
On the Victoria Line, who does all the checking and collecting of tickets
A. A platform worker.
B. The command spot.
C. A computer.
D. A machine.
[单项选择] Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.
According to the passage, what is the main cause of preventable hearing loss
A. Bad health.
B. Excessive noise.
C. Horns taken to football games.
D. The busy traffic.
[单项选择]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.How many minutes before show time does the box office open
A. 37 minutes.
B. 35 minutes.
C. 45 minutes.
D. 53 minutes.
[单项选择] Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage.
At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
Robert Spring spent 15 years ______.
A. running a bookstore in Philadelphia
B. corresponding with Miss Fanny Jackson
C. as a forger
D. as a respectable dealer
[单项选择] Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.
At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now listen to the passage.
The main idea of this passage is that ______.
A. supermarkets are becoming more and more popular
B. computers find use in supermarkets
C. a new way of checking out in supermarkets
D. people are not used to the new machine
